A 75-year-old Israeli man died from a heart attack after taking the anti- impotence pill Viagra and having sex with his wife, according to the Israeli daily Ma’ariv. The paper quoted medical personnel who said the woman told them that despite her pleas, her husband, who had suffered from heart ailments, took a pill he received from a friend. Israeli medical officials were quoted by the paper as reiterating that heart patients should not use Viagra.
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